Gov. Kristi Noem Reveals She Shot And Killed “Untrainable” Family Dog And A “Nasty” Goat In Her New Memoir
deadline.comSouth Dakota Governor Kristi Noem admitted to killing her dog in a new memoir. By confessing, she may also have killed her chance at national office.
Backlash has been fierce to the revelations in her new book, No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward.
Noem is among those rumored to be in contention for Donald Trump’s Vice President pick in the 2024 election. After obtaining a copy of the book ahead of its publication next month, the UK’s Guardian reported that Noem wrote about the time she shot dead Cricket, a 14-month-old dog she intended to train for hunting pheasant.
Noem said she took the action after the dog ruined a hunt, killed another family’s chickens, and moved to bite her. Noem said Cricket had an “aggressive personality” and was “untrainable,” per the Guardian’s report.
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